Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Happy Halloween! It's my favorite holiday — skulls and witches and pumpkins and scary stuff. I can't get enough of that. I even leave some Halloween decor up in my house year-round because everyday should be Halloween. Oh, and I LOVE costumes! This year, I'm going as Rose the Riveter. I'll be wearing this to the Creep Show at the Hi-Tone on Halloween night.

I wore it last weekend to three parties, and I even won second place in the Friends for Life party costume contest!

Anyway, I'm hoping you're in the spirit too. And if you are, I'm assuming you're planning to carve or have already carved your jack-o-lantern. I'm an amateur when it comes to pumpkin carving, but I do my best. As long as it has something that resembles eyes and crooked smile, it's alright by me. I actually wrote an article in the Vegan Cuts Fall Harvest ebook all about fun things to do with pumpkin! It's a free download (get it here!), and it has all kinds of delicious fall recipes and tips by some of my fave vegan bloggers (Jackie Sobon, Melisser, JL Fields, etc).

You can really do all sorts of things with pumpkin — eat it, smear it on your face, drink it in a smoothie, etc. But my favorite thing is eating the seeds!

I always wash the stringy bits from my seeds and then coat them in spices, sugar, and oil before roasting for about 45 minutes. Then I keep the jar of roasted seeds on my desk at work for a quick snack.

lol...a jar of those on my desk would last about 3 minutes. I love pumpkin seeds so I'm definitely going to do this recipe, and your popcorn balls look crazyamazing too! Thanks for the recipes.You rock as a riveter. ;)

My name is Bianca ...

About Me

I'm an 11-year vegan, 21-year vegetarian from the Mid-South, not too far from the muddy banks of the Mississippi River. And that means cornbread, butter beans, and collard greens.
These days, I live in Memphis. Check out my cookbook — Cookin' Crunk. It's filled with yummilicious veganized soul food and country classics.